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For the Record, RIP

I found out today that my favorite record store of all time closed last month.
For the Record in Amerhst MA was everything a local record store should be. It
had good prices (always cheaper than retail), a wide selection in all areas of
music, not just the usual mindless micro-genres of pop music that most places
have. You could walk in on any given day and find something unusual and
wonderful no matter where your interests might lie. This is because the people
who ran the store knew good music. They also knew every inch of their store,
and could find any record they had in stock in 30 seconds if you could
describe three bars from the first cut.

For the Record was a great place to go and hang out and browse and be
surprised. It has fallen victim to other forms of music commerce that may
provide you with the bits that you want, but do not have this level of
personal contact. After more than 30 years in business, they are gone, and the
world is worse off because of it.